My first build, what do yall think??

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Gogreen

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first build, got a barebone kit that had most the stuff but i also got a few more fans and the SSD, build mostly for WoW and light gaming

MB-ASUS P8Z77-V LX
CPU-Intel Core i5-3570K, no overclock
CPU cooling-Corsair CW-9060002-WW Hydro H70 push-pull into case
PSU-Kingwin ABT-750MM Maximum Series ATX Power Supply
RAM-Kingston HyperX Red KHX16C10B1R/8 8GB x2\
Video Card- EVGA GeForce GTX 660 SC
Case-Ultra Rogue M925 Full Tower Gaming Case
HD- Kingston hyperX SSD 120G, 2TB HDD
OS- win7 64bit

i also got some led fans for the top and planning on putting a 200mm on the side


while raiding in wow my cpu tem is in the mid to high 30s C and my CPU fan speed is like 1300-1400, are these normal rates? i have tried all the fan control software for turning the speed on the fans up but they just stay the same, im thinking it has to do with the H70 liquid cooler pump running the 2 fans or something i really dont know haha, let me know what yall think and any tips or suggestions would be great thanks!
 

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Yeah, looks good. PSU was a very bad choice though. The 750W PSU is $70 when others are $120 for a reason.
 
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Build will work, but you should have checked it first.

PSU: Dated design. Quality is not the best. You likely could have done a lot better for the money. Could have also done much worse. So don't count it too hard.

OS: Dated. But then again, no one seems to give 8 a real chance. (you'r machine would have been quicker with 8 for sure.)

GPU: You could have done better for teh same money with a 7850, or could have likely stretched budget to a 7870 and been better off for gaming.

Case: looks decent, and from your picture I can't tell if it is the case or your misstep. But cable management needs work.
 
Hey mate. The hardware in your build looks pretty good bar the PSU. I agree with Wolfe and Michael above, probably not the smartest choice. Otherwise all looking pretty good. Might want to do a bit of cable management in your case but I think the biggest problem with that right now is the cables on your PSU aren't long enough (look at your PCI Express 6-pin connector, looks tight as it is now).
 
thanks for the replys guys, i for sure agree about the PSU thats the one thing i wanted to replace witch i will be doing ASAP, as for the OS i was doing alot of reading about 8 how it was mostly made for touch screen devices, most people where saying i just stick to 7 :/ the cable management i fully agree on, but the back of the case did not supply me with much room i could take it all out and rethink it witch im sure ill do cuz im pretty OCD about at as im sure yall are too haha when i go modular with the PSU that should help can yall point me towards one??
thanks for all the help!
 
also any thoughts on the cpu temps and the fan speeds? somebody told me that the high 30s is a bit warm so that kinda worrin me haha
 
High 30s at idle is perfectly normal. I wouldn't worry about it.

I think once you stop getting hung up on what OS you have and what other people (who probably haven't even tried it) are saying about Windows 8, you'll like it. I've got it and I quite like it. :) Don't get me wrong, 7 is still very good though.
 
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as for the OS i was doing alot of reading about 8 how it was mostly made for touch screen devices, most people where saying i just stick to 7 :/
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Windows 8 is perfectly fine on every computer system you can think of. I use it in out of the box form (none of that start 8 or junk) and it runs perfectly fine. Only issue I have with it is that it refuses to remember my network credentials, but so far nothing but Linux has remember them, so it is a windows error, not a 8 error.
Will say that you have to watch driver support, but other than that, it is bloody brilliant (for windows).
 
Nothing wrong with the PSU. It made by Super Flower which is pretty famous in Finland. I think it's a decent brand.
 
Yeah the PSU looks to be the only area for concern. Personally, I would take Windows 7 over 8 every chance. I also think, (unless planning for SLI), that the 660ti might have worked out a little better. But solid build, nonetheless. PS: Keep an eye on that PSU!
 
Oh, wow. Never seen it abbreviated like that. And if you saw my signature, yes, I am right now actually. And the only way I've enjoyed it is with Classic Start and SkipMetroSuite. I spent the first 3 months of owning this laptop with Windows 8 factory installed. I got fed up with it, so I turned it into Windows 7 basically. The only true advantage other than the updated security features in my opinion, is the lightweight-edness of the OS, which allows for fast boot-ups. I really don't like it at all. If my laptop were a touch-screen, it'd be a different story.
 
I have a hard time believing you there. It works perfectly fine and is plenty useful with a mouse and keyboard. Modding it is fine, but if you would give it a chance and let go of the past when using it, it would be a good system. But anyone using it and expecting it to be exactly like windows 7 is going to be disappointed. It is no different than going from 7 to Linux and expecting not to need to learn.
 
I never said that I expected anything of the sort out of Windows 8. In fact, I went and purchased a laptop with it on the good will of loving Microsoft Windows 2000, XP and 7. I knew about it when I purchased it, for it had been released a month before I bought the laptop in the first place. I went into it, knowing there would be a learning curve and if you expect me to give any piece of software more than 3 months of daily usage to determine whether or not I like it, my oh my are your standards high. I like Windows 8, but when given the option to use 7, I will pick 7. I, personally, feel that Windows 8 has a very solid place in the touchscreen market, but with a mouse and keyboard, the factory functionality wasn't there for me. This is a highly obvious subjective argument and we could sit here at our keyboards and go back and forth all day long, but nothing would be accomplished. The OP wanted our opinions, we gave ours, it is neither your place nor mine to outright tell him what he should do, when he wanted our opinions.
 
okay. Your statements are not lining up, but whatever. I personally thing that those building now should use 8. It is freaking retarded to use an older OS on a new system unless the older one gives better performance, or runs a program that the newer one will not. But as said, opinion.
 
I'm curious as to how you think people view your posts. You can't possibly expect people to want to side with you and help any of your arguments when you act like that. I realize it's an opinion, but where was the need for hostility and anger and saying that anyone that uses a older OS is doing something "freaking retarded." You aren't going to seem respectable or legitimate if the slightest difference in opinion causes you to do that. I (and everyone else in this thread), stated their opinion without hostility or argument, so why do you have to be the one that does it? Not trying to drive you in the ground, but more rather give you advice on how you could actually get people to see your opinion without going on a flame at them.
 
Enough of the Windows 7 vs 8 arguments please, getting tired of them now. It's all a matter of personal preference.
 
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